The Daily Bean v.1

For those that know me, I love coffee. I don’t try to hide it, & i’m definitely not ashamed of it! Whether it be a fresh pot of french press brewed at home or an Americano from my favorite local spot. I guess what I’m getting at is if you see me I’ll usually be enjoying a good cup of joe.

One of my favorite things to do is to get the water boiling, grind some beans & grab that french press so I can sit down and read.  With that said we’re starting something new on here I’m calling the Daily Bean, just a place where I write down some thoughts in regards to what I’m reading and leave with a question to ponder. Now, is it gonna really be daily? Not sure but here goes nothing…

Over the past year I’ve spent a lot of time in the book of Colossians. It’s easily became on of my favorite epistles. With verses like:

“For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you the assurance of sharing his Glory.” Colossians 1:27 (NLT)

“⁶ And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. ⁷ Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7 (NLT)

“⁹ For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. ¹⁰ So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.” Colossians 2:9-10 (NLT)

“¹³ You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. ¹⁴ He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.” Colossians 2:13-15 (NLT)

And many more…

But I recently began reading a book called Jesus Manifesto by Leonard Sweet & Frank Viola and something jumped out at me and caused me to pose a question to myself. Colossians 1:19 says:

¹⁹ For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,

Now if God was pleased to in all his fullness live in Christ, and Christ now lives in me, wouldn’t it be safe to assume that the very fullness of God lives in me. I think it’s time that we as Christians live worthy of not just the calling, but the caller. I mean come on, think about this for a minute (READ IT LOUD & SLOW):

¹⁹ For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,

I think that the idea of God being pleased with anything to do with us is hard for most of us to comprehend. But if we look at this verse with literal eyes then: “God in all his fullness is pleased to live in you!” So to coin an old phrase why don’t we all just “put that in our pipes and smoke it today!“ No matter how you currently feel about yourself smile and rejoice that the God of Heaven and Earth is pleased to dwell within you! Can I Get An AMEN!